Handbag



March 17, .1936. W. c. HIRING HANDBAG Filed Feb. 6. 1934 ATTORNEYPatented Mar. 17, 1936' HANDBAG William C. Hiering, Millburn Township,Essex County, N. J., assignor to J. E. Mergott Company, Newark, N. J.,a. corporation of Delaware Application February 6, 1934, Serial No709,937'

3 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in hand bags, and moreparticularly to frames used in such bags.

It is an object of this invention to provide a hand bag frame of simplestructure, having means to greatly facilitate the attaching of bagcovering material thereto.

A further object is the provision of a hand bag frame of the channelledtype having a plurality of bendable tabs adapted to be crimped againstbag covering material toy enable said covering material to be readilyand securely held to the frame member without requiring sewing, ornecessitating marring of the visible surface of the frame member duringthe crimping operation.

These and other advantageous objects which will later appear, areaccomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement ofparts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawing,forming part hereof, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a hand bag frame embodying myinvention,

Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views of details of means for attaching bagcovering material to the hand bag frame, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a hand bag frame embodying amodiiied form of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a pair of hingedly connectedbag frame members 3 and 4 of similar shape. Each frame member is of theU- shaped channelled type, the channel opening outwardly and laterallyrelative to the frame and hand bag. The frame member comprises an innerside wall 5 having an upper outwardly directed' iiange 6, which extendsalmost the entire length of the cross member 'I. The hinge members 8 ofthe frame members are not provided with outwardly directed flangessimilar to flange 6.

'Ihe inner side wall 5 also' has a lower outwardly directed ange 9 whichextends throughout the length of the cross member I and the hingemembers 8. The flange 9 has a plurality of spaced tabs I 0 which arebendable parallel to the side wall 5.

The bag covering material I I has crimped to one edge thereof an inlayI2 which is adapted to be positioned in the channel of the frame alongthe cross member I and held in position by the tab I Il, the inlay I2extending substantially the entire length of the cross member l.

The side edges of the bag covering material have attached theretorelatively narrow inlays I 3 which are positioned on the inner side wall5 of the hinge (C1. 15G-Z9) members 8 of the frame. The inlays I3` areof such a width and arranged so. that they can be embraced by the tabsI0 on the hinge members, said tabs I0 being provided with prongs Illthat bite into the bag covering material directly when 5 the tabs Illare bent to clamp the bag covering material to the side wall 5.

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a frameof very simple structure which can be readily formed by bending operal0tions. Obviously the attaching of bag covering material to the frame canbe conveniently accomplished simply by inserting the inlays I2 and I3properly into position and bending the tabs II)v to clamp the bagcovering material. securely to the l5 frame. Very little time isrequired for this operation, and the bending of the tabs I does notnecessitate marring of the visible parts of the frame member asheretofore has been the case in many bag frames where it has been foundex- 20 pedient to clamp bag covering material to the frame.

Referring to Fig. 4, in which is shown a modied form of the invention,there is shown a pair of hingedly connected bag frame members I 5 and 25I6, each being of the U-shaped type with the cross member I I being inthe form o-f an outwardly and laterally opening channel having an innerside wall I8, which is provided with an upper out,- wardly directedright angled flange I9, and a 30 lower outwardly directed Iiange 20, thelatter having a plurality of spaced bendable tabs 2 I.

The hinge members 22 of the frame member comprise an inner side wallwhich is an extension of the side wall I8, said side wall having an 35extension of the flange 20, and integral with the flange Zll along thehinge members is a taby 23 extending throughout the length of the hingemember and adapted to be bent parallel with said side wall I8 to presentsubstantially an outer side 4o wall.

The bag covering material 2G which is to be attached to the frame memberis provided along one edge thereof with an inlay 25 which comprises ametal channel member crimped to said edge of 45 the bag coveringmaterial. In attaching the covering material to the frame the inlay 25is inserted against the side wall I8 along the cross member I'I, and thetabs 2I are bent to clamp the inlay securely to the frame member. The 5oside edges of the bag covering material are not provided with inlays,and said side edges are directly inserted along the hinge sections 22between the inner side wall I8 and the tab 23,`the latter being crimpedtightly against said covering material to hold it securely to the framemember.

From the above description it will be seen that the bag frame is ofsimple structure and that bag covering material can be attached theretowith a few bending operations of the tabs 2| and 23. The structuredescribed not only facilitates the attaching of bag covering material,but also enables the production of a bag of neat appearance wherein allmeans for attaching the covering material to the bag are concealed.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive andillustrative only, and not as restrictive or limitative of theinvention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed includingmany modifications, without departing from the general scope hereinindicated and denoted in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a hand bag, a U-shaped frame having an inner side wall providedwith an outwardly right angled lower flange, a plurality of spacedbendable tabs integral with said lower flange, said inner side wallalong the cross member of the frame having an outwardly directed upperflange, bag covering material attached to said frame member, said bagcovering material having an inlay along one edge thereof positionedalong the cross member of the frame, said tabs of the cross member beingbent to clamp said inlay in position, and inlays along the side edges ofthe bag covering material, said last mentioned inlays being positionedalong the hinge members of the frame, said tabs on the hinge members ofgreater width than the last-mentioned inlays and directly engaging thebag covering material to securely hold it to the frame.

2. In a hand bag, a U-shaped frame having a cross member and a pair ofhinge members, said frame having an inner side wall provided with anoutwardly right angled lower ange, a plurality of spaced bendable tabsintegral with said lower flange, a sheet of bag covering material havingan inlay along one edge thereof positioned along the cross member of theframe, said tabs of the cross member being bent to clamp said inlay inposition, and inlays attached to the side edges of the bag coveringmaterial, said last mentioned inlays being positioned along the hingemembers, said tabs on the hinge members directly engaging the bagcovering material to securely hold it to the frame.

3. In a hand bag, a U-shaped frame having a cross-member and a pair ofhinge members, said frame having an inner side wall provided with anoutwardly right angled lower flange, a plurality of spaced bendable tabsintegral with said lower flange, a sheet of bag covering material havingan inlay along one edge thereof positioned along the cross member of theframe, said tabs of the cross member being bent to clamp said inlay inposition, and inlays attached to the side edges of the bag coveringmaterial, said last mentioned inlays being positioned along the hingemembers, said tabs on the hinge members having prongs directly piercingthe bag covering material to securely hold it to the frame.

WILLIAM C. HIERING.

